The Christmas Chinese dinner is one of the truly great and unique nights of the American Jewish year. Jewish families ...

A teen leader of a high school cultural club discovers how food, language and tradition can connect communities.

Like many minority groups, Jews have always created ways of adapting to the societies in which they live, but whose culture they do not totally share. And one thing that means is a collection of ...

Two thousand years ago, Jews were divided between competing sects all based on the Jewish scriptures, but with different interpretations. After the Romans destroyed the Jerusalem Temple in 70 C.E., ...

The comparison of New Year practices in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam demonstrates how religious traditions maintain ...

Reading the Torah, there is no doubt about motherhood’s important role in Jewish literature and life. Women are not, however, expected to place motherhood ahead of their own well-being. For example, ...

That came up in my recent conversation (and podcast) with Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism. He ...

The Hoong family views the annual rush as part of their own holiday tradition. One built on mutual respect and open doors.

Rabbis report a spiritual revival in America as Jews flock to their faith, heritage and religious traditions following the Oct. 7 terror attacks in the state of ...

A Jewish baker from New Jersey appears on Netflix’s Is It Cake? Holiday, shares how she started baking, and explains why she included Hanukkah traditions on the show ...

Dance the night away at the 38th annual Matzo Ball, the ultimate Jewish singles event for the 21-to-49 set, held this year at Musica Club NYC (637 West 50th St.) from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. Get your ...